Godwin
15th April 2026, 12:01
https://www.inmatrix.com/blog/zpbeta1.webp
Zoom Player v22.5 beta 1 has been released.
While working on version 23's main goal of detaching the media engine from the player user interface to make the player more resilient to crashes, freezes and stalls caused by the decoding components and network conditions, I've also been working on a few feature requests and bug fixes which I would rather not just sit on. This changed my plans a bit.
My current plan is to release v22.5 soon and I'm starting the release cycle with this beta version which will hopefully be rock solid, enabling me to quickly release a new, final version within a couple of weeks.
Download Zoom Player MAX::
https://www.inmatrix.com/files/zoomplayer_beta.shtml
Download Zoom Player STREAM::
https://www.inmatrix.com/files/zoomplayer_stream_beta.shtml
Changes in this beta:
* New feature!
+ Changed feature!
- Fixed feature!
+ When designing the control overlay interface, I made the mistake of
designing it to automatically adjust element sizes (buttons, volume
bar, etc) to scale based on the monitor's resolution instead of the
monitor's DPI (dots per inch, dots being Pixels in this context) value.
This miscalculation caused cases where a 24" monitor at 1920x1080 had
smaller buttons than a 27" monitor at 2560x1440 while essentially, their
physical DPI was nearly the same (Windows was set to 100% DPI for both).
To fix this issue in the upcoming version, I modified the element-size
math to conform to the DPI setting. Here what this means for existing
installations:
- If you're using an 1920x1080 monitor at 100% DPI, you shouldn't
notice any difference.
- If you're using a higher resolution monitor or using a Windows DPI
setting above 100%, you may need to adjust the control overlay element
sizes under "Advanced Options / Interface / Control Overlay" to return
the element sizes to your preference.
* Added support for Windows' SMTC (System Media Transport Controls), the
little card fly-out you see when using the keyboard's volume control
or on some PC's lock screens.
In theory, you should be able to use HASS to use this feature to
automate multiple Zoom Player instances:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_Assistant
Additional information:
https://www.reddit.com/r/ZoomPlayer/comments/1sji2rs
* I've added a new libVLC feature that allows you to specify custom
libVLC startup options:
https://wiki.videolan.org/VLC_command-line_help
* New setting (Adv. Options / Interface / Position & Size) to automatically
position the playback window to a specified screen snap zone (position on
screen) when a new media is loaded.
* The increase/decrease play rate functions assigned by default to the
Alt+"Home" (increase) and Alt+"End" (decrease) keyboard shortcuts now
work when using the default YouTube IFRAME Javascript media engine.
On YouTube, each video has it's own assigned play rates, with some
videos not having any play rates at all (e.g. Live video), using the
increase or decrease play rate functions will cycle between the
available play rates and finally, back to standard play speed.
- Media with encoded rotation value (e.g. shot vertically on an iPhone) are
now automatically rotated to the specified orientation when using MPC-VR
as the video renderer.
- Fixed meta-data and embedded image display for music files (e.g. mp3)
edited by Directory Opus and possibly other software.
- After a fresh reboot, on some systems, running Zoom Player Windows
triggered multiple "WM_DEVICECHANGE" events in sequence, causing
Zoom Player to crash and become unresponsive.
- Fixed a rare crash on exit, probably didn't have any affect.
- The "Opening a new media shows the control overlay" setting did not
always work as intended.
- The "Auto-select last viewed media/folder on entering a folder" media
library setting did not work when using the "Reset filters" feature.
- Fixed a crash when using the home theater confirmation dialog.
Previous beta changes since the release of version 22.2:
https://www.inmatrix.com/files/zoomplayer_whatsnew_beta_2250.shtml
Zoom Player v22.5 beta 1 has been released.
While working on version 23's main goal of detaching the media engine from the player user interface to make the player more resilient to crashes, freezes and stalls caused by the decoding components and network conditions, I've also been working on a few feature requests and bug fixes which I would rather not just sit on. This changed my plans a bit.
My current plan is to release v22.5 soon and I'm starting the release cycle with this beta version which will hopefully be rock solid, enabling me to quickly release a new, final version within a couple of weeks.
Download Zoom Player MAX::
https://www.inmatrix.com/files/zoomplayer_beta.shtml
Download Zoom Player STREAM::
https://www.inmatrix.com/files/zoomplayer_stream_beta.shtml
Changes in this beta:
* New feature!
+ Changed feature!
- Fixed feature!
+ When designing the control overlay interface, I made the mistake of
designing it to automatically adjust element sizes (buttons, volume
bar, etc) to scale based on the monitor's resolution instead of the
monitor's DPI (dots per inch, dots being Pixels in this context) value.
This miscalculation caused cases where a 24" monitor at 1920x1080 had
smaller buttons than a 27" monitor at 2560x1440 while essentially, their
physical DPI was nearly the same (Windows was set to 100% DPI for both).
To fix this issue in the upcoming version, I modified the element-size
math to conform to the DPI setting. Here what this means for existing
installations:
- If you're using an 1920x1080 monitor at 100% DPI, you shouldn't
notice any difference.
- If you're using a higher resolution monitor or using a Windows DPI
setting above 100%, you may need to adjust the control overlay element
sizes under "Advanced Options / Interface / Control Overlay" to return
the element sizes to your preference.
* Added support for Windows' SMTC (System Media Transport Controls), the
little card fly-out you see when using the keyboard's volume control
or on some PC's lock screens.
In theory, you should be able to use HASS to use this feature to
automate multiple Zoom Player instances:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_Assistant
Additional information:
https://www.reddit.com/r/ZoomPlayer/comments/1sji2rs
* I've added a new libVLC feature that allows you to specify custom
libVLC startup options:
https://wiki.videolan.org/VLC_command-line_help
* New setting (Adv. Options / Interface / Position & Size) to automatically
position the playback window to a specified screen snap zone (position on
screen) when a new media is loaded.
* The increase/decrease play rate functions assigned by default to the
Alt+"Home" (increase) and Alt+"End" (decrease) keyboard shortcuts now
work when using the default YouTube IFRAME Javascript media engine.
On YouTube, each video has it's own assigned play rates, with some
videos not having any play rates at all (e.g. Live video), using the
increase or decrease play rate functions will cycle between the
available play rates and finally, back to standard play speed.
- Media with encoded rotation value (e.g. shot vertically on an iPhone) are
now automatically rotated to the specified orientation when using MPC-VR
as the video renderer.
- Fixed meta-data and embedded image display for music files (e.g. mp3)
edited by Directory Opus and possibly other software.
- After a fresh reboot, on some systems, running Zoom Player Windows
triggered multiple "WM_DEVICECHANGE" events in sequence, causing
Zoom Player to crash and become unresponsive.
- Fixed a rare crash on exit, probably didn't have any affect.
- The "Opening a new media shows the control overlay" setting did not
always work as intended.
- The "Auto-select last viewed media/folder on entering a folder" media
library setting did not work when using the "Reset filters" feature.
- Fixed a crash when using the home theater confirmation dialog.
Previous beta changes since the release of version 22.2:
https://www.inmatrix.com/files/zoomplayer_whatsnew_beta_2250.shtml